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ObjectiveTo use media
clips, an acronym and real life scenarios to
understand the criteria of a just war and decide whether a war
can ever be just.
Grade CAll will be able to define the
term just war and list the criteria of such.
Grade BMost will be able to explain why
the just war theory is important and identify the
main problems with the theory.
Grade A/A*Some will be able to assess whether war can ever be ‘just’
and give an opinion on whether people should ever
go to war.
Your GOALS for the end of
this lesson are…
Outcomes
Starter…
Decide
whether you
would class
the following
acts as morally RIGHT or WRONG.
STEALING/THEFT
I stole some aid off someone else in my village to
feed my children. They hadn’t eaten properly in days
and I was worried that if they didn't
eat soon they would die.
Was I WRONG?
ADULTERY/CHEATINGWhat about your wife?
She will never know!
The vicar who has found new love as his wife fights dementia This time last year, just as the clocks had turned back and the cold, dark nights were drawing in, Terry Murphy returned to
his home and sat in solitary silence, contemplating all the little things he would miss about Mo, his wife of 40 years, now that she was gone for ever.
Although physically healthy, she no longer recognises her husband or even knows that she was ever married. Apart from the odd ‘thank you’ or ‘lovely’, she is unable to communicate or perform even basic tasks, such as going to the toilet or
washing, without the help of staff at the home.She has, indeed, gone for ever — into what, for the husband who still adores her, seems a living death.
Bereft at his loss, the 66-year-old retired Baptist minister found his thoughts turning to suicide.
Mother-of-two Merion Dance, 61, has known Terry professionally for more than a decade thanks to his work as a chaplain for the fire service, where she works as a
fire safety administrator.
Merion’s husband died almost four years ago, and, over the past 11 months, she and Terry have formed a close relationship. There have been dinner dates and cinema
trips, and they have recently returned from their first holiday together, in Mallorca.It would take a hard heart to begrudge Terry moving on with his life and finding a
new love, even if it is only a year since Mo was lost to him.
And there lies the issue. For Terry’s wife is not dead. A few miles away, Mo, a 65-year-old former primary school teacher and the mother of Terry’s two children, is in
a care home in the final stages of dementia.
Is he doing WRONG?
MURDER/KILLING
Muammar Gaddafi was the official ruler of Libya from 1969 to
2011. Gaddafi gained power
through violent means. Gaddafi
promised a better life for his people, however all he did was oppress and
abuse them!
http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16094514
Did the man who killed him do WRONG?
War brings real problems for
people, especially religious believers. Some that war is ALWAYS WRONG,
while others maintain that wars,
although awful, may sometimes
have to be fought.
WAR – Right OR Wrong?
This concept has always existed. Any person going to war would always work out if it was worth the expense in lives, money and
land they would gain. The theory was developed by Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-74) who suggested a war was morally
just or right if it met three criteria (this was later added to and today there are SEVEN).
The JUST WAR theory
What do you think is
meant by a ‘JUST WAR’?
A war which is fought for
the right reasons and in the right
way?
What might be the ‘right
reasons’?Make a list
What might be the ‘right
way’?Make a list
Grade CAll will be
able to define the term just
war.
Did you achieve YOUR goal?…
Outcomes
So what's the criteria?
TURN to PAGE 7 in your WORK BOOKLET
Acronym to remember this theory..
Stewie, Peter and Chris Love Eating Red Jam
SUFFICIENT FORCE!Must be used.
S
The war must be fought by the
PROPER AUTHORITY.
P
There must be CONTROLLED VIOLENCE.
C
A war is just if it is begun as the LAST RESORT
L
It must be fought to
ESTABLISH GOOD.
E
RThere must be a REASONABLE CHANCE OF SUCCESS.
The war must be fought for a JUST CAUSE.
J
Acronym to help
me remember this...
Criteria of a ‘JUST WAR’
What I think this is...
What it actually is...
Right to go to war
Conduct
during war
Complete this
column FIRST
LIST the seven criteria
we have just
looked at.
Now complete
this column...
Try to explain each of
the criteria in your own
words and why it might be seen as JUST
Decide whether you think each of
the criteria of a just war
is a RIGHT TO
GO TO WAR or is
CONDUCT
DURING WAR
by adding a TICK into the correct column.
Grade CAll will be able
to define the term just war and list the criteria of
such.
Did you achieve YOUR goal?…
Outcomes
Acronym to help
me remember this...
Criteria of a ‘JUST WAR’
What I think this is...
What it actually is...
Right to go to war
Conduct
during war
Using the following slides to complete
this column
and check the rest of
your work...
If you got it right
just add a TICK
Stewie = Sufficient ForceIt would not be proportional to drop a nuclear
weapon on a small country for
invading a small island.
The force used must be
proportional to the cause,
surroundings and scale of the war.Conduct during war
Peter and = Proper AuthorityThe politicians or authority must make the most important decisions to ensure the war remains fair and just. Right to go to war
Chris = Controlled ViolenceEvery effort must be made to make sure that as little
violence as possible is used
to achieve victory and methods should AVOID
KILLING CIVILIANS.
No weapons of mass
destruction!Conduct during war
Love = Last Resort
All non violent means of solving the conflict must have been tried and failed before you turn to war
Right to go to war
Eating = Establish Good
. It must be fought to restore peace. A war can be fought if it is believed that it would prevent a
greater evil. Most people argue that
Britain and her allies, by taking on the Nazi regime of
Adolf Hitler, prevented greater
evil from happening
Right to go to war
You cannot go to war and waste the lives of brave soldiers for something
which you have very little chance of winning, lives should not be wasted.
Red = Reasonable chance of success
Right to go to war
Jam = Just CauseThe war must
be started for a good
reason – e.g. self-defence,
and not because of
greed.
Right to go to war
Grade CAll will be able
to define the term just war and list the criteria of
such.
Did you achieve YOUR goal?…
Outcomes
WHY is the JUST WAR theory important?
Come up with ONE reason YOU think the JUST WAR theory is
important.
SHARE it with two other people.
SHARE it with the group – ensure you have FOUR ideas in
total.
WHY is the JUST WAR theory important? It provides
GUIDELINES for when a war can be classed
as morally right.
It outlines the RIGHTS
people have in conflict.
It gives the conflicts
participants RULES they must
keep to.- - e.g. Not to kill
innocent people
It makes war as HUMANE as possible – ensuring not too many people are harmed.
Grade BMost will be
able to explain why the just war
theory is important.
Did you achieve YOUR goal?…
Outcomes
Using the picture clues IDENTIFY FOUR PROBLEMS with the just war theory.
What’s the PROBLEM?
The existence of modern weapons
including WEAPONS OF
MASS DISTRUCTION
means that large numbers of
people are killed.
There is NEVER a MORALLY
GOOD REASON for killing others.
Some AUTHORITIES will go to war
claiming it is for a JUST CAUSE
when really it is AGRESSION and they could have
found better ways of solving their
problems.
All wars are VIOLENT and DANGEROUS
therefore the just war is no longer
relevant – it never was.
The main problem with the JUST WAR theory is that both sides in a war may claim that their cause is ‘just’.
For example in WW2 Hitler claimed the
Nazis were right and just in what they
fought for, just as the allied forces did.
What’s the PROBLEM?
We are fighting for
a JUST CAUSE!
NO!!! We are fighting for a JUST CAUSE!
Grade BMost will be
able to identify the
main problems with
a just war.
Did you achieve YOUR goal?…
Outcomes
http://www.truetube.co.uk/film/id-do-it-peace
What would you fight for?
Would you fight for PEACE?
Is it ever right to fight?
Do you think ALL wars are JUST?Complete QUESTION 1 PAGE 80
Swap with a partner and mark each others work in GREEN PEN
The type of question (B) and the marks for each question (P-E-P-E)
Please comment – giving a POSITIVE and a TARGET
More recently, the just war theory has been used and manipulated by skilful leaders to justify their actions and to suggest that what they
have done is God’s will.
‘This will be a monumental struggle of good verses evil,
but good will prevail’ . Said after the invasion of Iraq – Bush declared the USA as the force of good and enemies of the USA as the ‘axis of evil’.
In response, Osama bin Laden, the leader of the al-
Qaeda declared...
‘I swear by almighty God....that neither the United Sates nor he who lives in the
United States will enjoy security before...all the infidel
armies leave the land of Muhammad.’
Does God take
sides in war?
Grade A/A*Some will be able
to assess whether war can
ever be ‘just’ and give an opinion on
whether people should ever go
to war.
Did you achieve YOUR goal?…
Outcomes
Come up with your own acronym to help you remember the just war
theory .
Plenary…
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